Kashmiri Pulao

Name: How to cook Kashmiri Pulao - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Bethica Das

Kashmiri Pulao

#reststyle - This is a traditional Kashmiri style pulao, loaded with dry fruits and cooked in saffron infused milk. It is a very easy recipe and quite popular in many restaurants. Though it slightly differs from the usual pulao as it has minimum of spices, is slightly towards the sweeter side due to the presence of dry fruits and is non spicy. Few chopped fresh fruits, fried paneer cubes and fried onion may be used to garnish this exotic rich pulao. It can be served along with any veg. / non-veg. side dish or raita.

Ingredient

1/2 cup

Basmati rice, soaked for 30 minutes

2-3 tbsp.

ghee

1/2 cup

mixed nuts

1/2 tsp.

cumin seeds

1 inch

cinnamon stick

cardamoms

cloves

bay leaf

1/2

mace

star anise

to taste

salt

1/4 tsp.

peppercorns

1 cup

milk

onion, sliced

pinch

saffron

1/2 tsp.

dry ginger powder

1 tsp.

fennel powder

1/2 tsp.

garam masala powder

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Soak the saffron in the milk for 15-20 minutes. Heat ghee and stir fry the mixed nuts till light golden in colour. Drain and keep aside.

* Step 2

Temper the same ghee with bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, mace, peppercorns, star anise and cumin seeds. Saute for a few seconds.

* Step 3

Add the onion and stir fry till translucent. Add all the powdered spices, followed by the drained rice. Saute for 1-2 minutes.

* Step 4

Add the saffron milk, 3/4 of the fried nuts and pressure cook for 2 whistles. Switch off the flame and keep it covered for 15-20 minutes more. Serve, garnished with the remaining nuts.